Tuesday,
30 April 2024
Help for essential items for young people experiencing homelessness

DID you know that 12 – 24 year olds make up 23 per cent of Australia's homeless population?

And that 47 per cent of children and young people (15 – 24 years) who present alone to homelessness services in need of long term housing – only 4.3 per cent get it (source AIWH 2023).

The startling statistics come into sharper focus on Youth Homelessness Matters Day held on April 17 each year.

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